Editing Cleveland (section)

=== Annual and special events ===
The [[Cleveland Marathon]] has been hosted annually since 1978,<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon and 10K |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History |date=May 22, 2018 |publisher=Case Western Reserve University |url=https://case.edu/ech/articles/r/rite-aid-cleveland-marathon-and-10k |access-date=June 7, 2020 }}</ref> and a monument commemorating one of Cleveland's most prominent track and field athletes, [[Jesse Owens]], stands at the city's Fort Huntington Park.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jesse Owens: The Cleveland Years |last=Dubelko |first=Jim |website=Cleveland Historical |publisher=Cleveland State University |url=https://clevelandhistorical.org/items/show/1003 |access-date=January 4, 2024 }}</ref> The second [[American Chess Congress]], a predecessor to the [[US Chess Championship|U.S. Championship]], was held in Cleveland in 1871, and won by [[George Henry Mackenzie]].<ref>{{cite web |title=George Henry Mackenzie |publisher=[[World Chess Hall of Fame]] |url=https://worldchesshof.org/hof-inductee/george-henry-mackenzie |date=April 7, 2018 |access-date=August 8, 2023 }}</ref> The 1921 and 1957 [[U.S. Open Chess Championship]]s took place in the city, and were won by [[Edward Lasker]] and [[Bobby Fischer]], respectively. The [[Cleveland Open (chess)|Cleveland Open]] is held annually.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hanken |first=Jerry |title=Big Time chess returns to Cleveland |publisher=The United States Chess Federation |url=https://www.uschess.org/content/view/8498/463/ |date=June 13, 2008 |access-date=June 7, 2020 }}</ref> In 2014, Cleveland hosted the ninth official [[2014 Gay Games|Gay Games]] ceremony.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Federation of Gay Games – Gay Games IX – Cleveland |url=https://gaygames.org/Gay-Games-IX |access-date=May 13, 2022 |website=gaygames.org }}</ref> In July 2024, the city hosted the [[Pan American Masters Games]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Bona |first=Marc |title=Pan-American Masters Games choose Cleveland as 1st U.S. competition site |newspaper=The Plain Dealer |url=https://www.cleveland.com/sports/2022/08/pan-american-masters-games-choose-cleveland-as-1st-us-competition-site.html |date=August 30, 2022 |access-date=August 1, 2024 }}</ref>